dwelling meaning
EN
[ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ] [-ɛlɪŋ] 
US WDwelling
- In law, a dwelling (also residence, abode) is a self-contained unit of accommodation used by one or more households as a home, such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat or other 'substantial' structure.
- NounPLdwellingsSUF-ing
- A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
- He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
- A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
- Verb
- present participle of dwell.
- I was dwelling in the cave.
- present participle of dwell.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Species living in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Northern Sea had similar encephalisation indices compared to the indopacific coral reef dwelling species.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The clothing was soaking in a washbin when police arrived to investigate the soldier's modest dwelling.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dwelling in English Dictionary
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- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -ing
- Words suffixed with -ing
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
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- Present participles
- Present participles
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "dwelling" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.